Rob Woodward
2019-03-21 08:33:45 UTC
A defrocked Roman Catholic priest who was among nearly 200 New Jersey
priests facing accusations of sexual abuse was shot and killed in a
Las Vegas suburb, officials said Tuesday.
John Capparelli, 70, was found dead Saturday inside the kitchen of his
Henderson home with a gunshot wound to his neck, said Nicole Charlton,
the Clark County Coroners Office medical examiner. Capparelli had
moved into the $319,000 home in August 2016, according to property
records.
Police believe Capparelli died amid suspicious circumstances, but
authorities havent divulged details as to whether theres a suspect
in his death or if the killing had anything to do with the abuse
allegations.
Preliminary investigation indicates the victim died of suspicious
circumstances, and the incident is being investigated as a homicide,
police said in a statement, according to NJ.com. A suspect has not
been identified at this time and police are following up on developed
leads.
Capparelli, who was included last month on a list of 180 priests
facing abuse allegations as named by five New Jersey dioceses, was a
math tutor for high school and college students.
Joann DAngelo, a neighbor, told the Associated Press that Capparelli
lived alone.
He was a very quiet man, she said. He minded his own business.
Capparelli was among the priests accused of groping and brutalizing
teen boys in the 1970s and 1980s and was defrocked in 1992, according
to an NJ.com report last month. He later worked as a public school
math teacher in the Newark, N.J., School District but agreed to have
his teaching licenses revoked in 2011 when the allegations first
emerged.
Capparelli was also accused of running a website featuring young men
wrestling in revealing bathing suits.
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priests facing accusations of sexual abuse was shot and killed in a
Las Vegas suburb, officials said Tuesday.
John Capparelli, 70, was found dead Saturday inside the kitchen of his
Henderson home with a gunshot wound to his neck, said Nicole Charlton,
the Clark County Coroners Office medical examiner. Capparelli had
moved into the $319,000 home in August 2016, according to property
records.
Police believe Capparelli died amid suspicious circumstances, but
authorities havent divulged details as to whether theres a suspect
in his death or if the killing had anything to do with the abuse
allegations.
Preliminary investigation indicates the victim died of suspicious
circumstances, and the incident is being investigated as a homicide,
police said in a statement, according to NJ.com. A suspect has not
been identified at this time and police are following up on developed
leads.
Capparelli, who was included last month on a list of 180 priests
facing abuse allegations as named by five New Jersey dioceses, was a
math tutor for high school and college students.
Joann DAngelo, a neighbor, told the Associated Press that Capparelli
lived alone.
He was a very quiet man, she said. He minded his own business.
Capparelli was among the priests accused of groping and brutalizing
teen boys in the 1970s and 1980s and was defrocked in 1992, according
to an NJ.com report last month. He later worked as a public school
math teacher in the Newark, N.J., School District but agreed to have
his teaching licenses revoked in 2011 when the allegations first
emerged.
Capparelli was also accused of running a website featuring young men
wrestling in revealing bathing suits.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/defrocked-priest-accused-of-abusing-teenage-boys-fatally-shot-in-nevada-police-say
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